Coin-controlled vending apparatus.



T. R. GHISOLM.

COIN CONTROLLED VENDING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 00129, 1908.

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THOMAS R. OHISOLM, OF BLAOKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COIiI-CONTROLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

No. erases.

Application filed October 29, 1908.

T all whom it may concern.

rt known that l, THOMAS UHrsoLM, a citizen of the United States, resrdrng at 1 filacl-cville, in the county of liarnwell and State of South Carolina, have invented new aid useful improvements in Coin-Controlled l hPfQ-lfilltlS, of which. the following i ation.

invention relates to vending apparahe coin-controlled type and preferably embodying a plurality of delivery devices for different kinds or sizes of goods or articles, any one of which may be thrown into operation upon the deposit of a proper coin, by means under the control of the operator, so that the desired kind of goods or article of merchandise may be obtained.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a vending apparatus of this character having a novel, simple, effective and reliable construction of motor-op rated dispensingmeans for automatically delivering the desired article upon the deposit of a coin witl out further action on the part of the operator. and automatically stopping the motion of the mechanism upon the discharge of the article.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel con uction and arrangement of vortiingz devices which adapted to be operated by a common (single) motor, and to 1. rovide selective gearing whereby such devices 1' v )9 independently coupled for lip.

operation to the drr mg mechanism actuated 7 by the motor at t Ff L ll option of the operator. ion also has its object to and attractive apparatus if rctured at a comparav rich may be tivolv low action and n with these 2H4; other objects in view, the consists of tie features of corn en and arrangement of ly described and claimed, e being had to the accompanying s. in which g i is a vertical section from front to rear through the machine on the plane indi ated by the line x x of Fig. 2, parts beomitted. :2 is a fragmentary front elevation of the same. 3 is a detail vertical section on an enlarged scale through the casing, showing the operating mechanism in side elevation. Fig. i is a sectional plan view.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Serial No. 460,06&.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the casing of the machine which may be of any suitable size or construction to rest upon a stand or counter or to be supported in any preferred manner, and which is preferably of ornamental design and largely composed of glass so that the interior thereof may viewed and the operation of the mechanism observed from without to render the apparatus attractive andinteresting to prospective purchasers and the general public. At the front of this casing is a shelf or tray 2 to reeeive and support the di charged merchandise, which tray is arranged below a series of discharge chutes 3, each closed and guarded by a hinged gravity closing door 4 adapted to open under the impact of the article to allow the latter to pass from the chute to the shelf or tray.

Suitable brackets or frame pieces 5 are mounted upon the bottom of the casing and have journaled therein front and rear sets of transverse shafts 6 and 7 the shafts of each set being arranged in longitudinal alinement. These shafts carry sprocket wheels 8 and 9, and passing around the sprocket wheels of the companion front and rear shafts are endless carrying chains 10, each provided with a series of spaced trays or receptacles 11 to hold the goods or articles to be dis ensed. T hose endless goods carriers are thus mounted for independent operation, and may be employed to hold and convey different sizes or kinds of goods. As each tray or receptacle passes downward and around the sprocket wheel 8 and into line with the cooperating chute 2-3, the package or article therein will discharge by gravity therefrom into the chute and thence to the shelf or tray 2. ft suitable guard plate or board 12 may be provided to retain the goods in the inverted filled receptacles 1 1 on the lo er or return stretch of the chain. or other suitable supports 13 are arrange l below the upper stretches of the carrier chains and carry friction rollers 14-. to preventdownward deflection thereof from the weight of the filled receptacles and to insure an easy traveling movement of said chains.

Arranged below the series of shafts 6 is a power transmitting shaft 15, on which is fixed for rotation therewith in any suitable manner a sleeve 16. Mounted for longitudinal sliding motion on said sleeve and suitably mounted to rotate therewith is a hub or collar 17 provided with oppositely e tending arms 18 carrying toothed sectors 19, each preferably in the form of a quadrant, the two quadrants providing a mutilated adjustable clutch gear. This gear is adapted to be adjusted longitudinally on the sleeve for engagement of one or the other of its quadrants with gears 20 on the respective shafts 6 by an arm 21 connected with the collar or hub 17 and projecting outwardly through a longitudinal slot 22 in the front wall of the casing, vided. with a button or finger piece 23, whereby the prospective purchaser may shift the clutch gear to position it to operate the gear 20 of any one of the shafts 6 and to thereby prime either dispensing device or carrier for operation by the motor mechanism. The gearing is so proportioned that a one-half revolution of the shaft under the action of the motor will operate the acting gear a quarter revolution through the action of the operating quadrant 19 thereon, which quadrant will then move out of engagement with said gear, the remaining quarter revolution of the shaft 15 serving to bring the other quadrant 19 into position for engagement with one or the other of gears 20 for the succeeding dispensii operation. Under the quarter revolution mparted to either shaft 6, the receptacle 11 next in order of arrangement for the discharge of its contents is carried by the movement of the chain from a position immediately above the gear 8 to a substantially vertical position downward in advance thereof and in alineinent with the chute 3, so that the article therein will be dumped by gravity into the chute and thence discharged into the tray 2. The arm 21 may be constructed in any suitable manner to engage and operate the clutch in the present instance, it is shown, see l, as yoked, the spaced arms of the yoke providing for the rotation of the gear therethrough and the free ends of the arms of said yokes being arranged to bear against the sides of the collar, whereby the latter may be shifted in reverse directions.

Arranged within the casing a suitable motor 24, which may be a spring motor, electric motor or any other suitable type of motor. An electrical motor is shown in the present instance which is provided with circuit closing contact 25 and has fixed on the armature shaft thereof a pulley 26 which is connected by a belt 27 with a pulley 28 on a drive shaft 29, said shaft being journaled in brackets or supports 30 forming the frame structure of the drive gearing of the apparatus operated by the motor, which gearing includes the shaft 15 which is journaled at one end in said frame structure. On the shaft 29 is a pinion 31 meshing with gear wheel 32 on a shaft 33 disposed below said shaft 29, and on this shaft 33 is also mounted a pinion 34 meshing with a gear wheel 35 on the shaft its outer end being pro- I 16, by which train of gearing motion will be transmitted to the shaft 16 to drive the selected carrier or dispensing device when the motor is set into action. In order to loclr the gearing normally against operation, the gear 32 is provided with a pair of spaced pins or projections 36 arranged on diametrically opposite sides of the center of one of its faces, and which are adapted to independently and in turn engaged by the suitably formed free end of a locking arm 37, 'iy which the train of gearing will be held from movement ntil said locking arm is retracted. The arm m' 7 or is CtlilGCi by rocn shaft 08 gouinaied in the frame pieces 30 and inclosed by a coiled spring 39 suitably connected thereto and to one of said frame pieces to normally hold the arm 39 downward into locking position. he said locking arm is adapted to be retracted to permit actuation of the gearing and the motor to be thrown into operation by coinoperated controlling mechanism, which i will now proceed to describe.

in the top of the casing is a coin slot from which depends a spout or chute 40, the lower end of which terminates above the upper rear end of a downwardly and forwardly inclined primary coin coi .uctor or runway 41, prefer-a ily consistin of a channeled casting or strip of sheet In ,i. This conductor is pivoted intermediately upon one side of the gear frame, as indicated at 42, with its lower forward end terminating above the front end of a similarly constructed secondary coin conductor or runway 43 interrnediately pivoted at 44 on the gear frame and having a slight downward and rearward inclination. he coin passing from the chute into the conductor all, if of proper denomination and weight, rolls forwardly down the same and tilts the forward end of said conductor downward, whereby the coin is discharged into the forward end of the secondary conductor 43 and tilts the same downward '11 a similar manner. Arranged below the forward end of the conductor i? is a pocket or recs acle 44 into which the coin is dum ed from said conductor 43, and this recep ,c is onen at top and bottom and carried an arm e25 pivotally mounted on the ear frame at 16 and formed with a rearwardly projecting extension or arm 47 having lateii y bent free end The part LS e' ages rod or arm 4L9 connected with the roc' shaft 33 and which is normally held down. 1rd ith the locking arm 37 the action of the sp 'ng 39 and thus maint s the coin pocket or receptacle in normal horizontal or receiving position. The free end of the arm 49, which latter serves as a circuit-closing switch or teriinal, normally lies out of contact with the terminal 25 of the motor, but is adapted to be moved upward into engagement therewith to close the motor circuit and thus start the motor in operation when the pocket id is Cir - the sha t 16.

tilted downward by the weight of the coin therein and the arm 47 is elevated in an obvious manner thereby to lift the arm 49 against the action of the spring 39, under which operation the locking arm 37 will also be elevated out of contact with the pin 3" engaged thereby to permit the drive gearing to be operated by the motor.

The coin is retained in the pocket to maintain engagement between the contacts and 49 until the acting dispensing device has been moved to the desired degree to discharge the goods from one receptacle b a guard or closure 50 which partially incloses the pocket and has a bottom portion arranged in spaced relation below the bottom of the pocket to support and. hold tl e coin therein. This guard or cover is pivotally mounted upon the gear frame, as shown at 51, and has a rearwardl extending aneularly bent arm or projection 52 which is adapted to be engaged by either one of a pair of detent pins or studs 53 arra ed at diametrically opposite sides of the axis of one of the faces of a cam disk 54 mounted on The guard is properly balanced to hold the coin within the pocket so as to insure the proper operation of the parts to start the motor into action before the coin l is discharged. lhe guard is tripped to permit the coin to discharge and effect an automatic resetting of the coin controlled starting mechanism by the pins on the cam disk. Normally, one of these pins lies below the arn 52 and as soon as the motor is set in operation the rotation of the cam din brings said pin into engagement the arm which is lifted l the pin on its pass-a and thus tilts the guard to release the coin, which drops down onto the bottom the can ing or may be discharged into any suitable receptacle. It will be understood, of course, that the two pins are employed. to act successively on the arm 52 on each half r volution of the cam disk in view of the angement of the pins 36 and the proportioni of the to effect the disii-harge of the goods from each receptacle of the selected carrier on each half revolution of the shaft 16.

In order to maintain the locking arm 37 in retracted. position and the snitch arm 39 in projected position until the mechanism has made no complete operating movement, retracting; arm 55 extending from the rock shaft 88 is provided and has laterallv ben end 56 to ride upon the periphery of tee disk and to engage recesses or note-res 57 formed therein. lhese notches, two in number. are properly arran ed to receive the portion 57 and permit depression of the retracting arm to enable the actin spring 89 to return the arm 37 to locking position and the arm 49 to circiit-breaking position on each complete half revolution of the shaft 16.

Jr hen the gearing is set into action and 1 same and into the casing.

the cam disk 54 begins to revolve the bent end of the arm is li'ted out of engagement with the coactine; recess and rides on the peripner c of the (.ish, vhich latter holds said evated and keeps the arm 57 retracted and the switch arm rt?) projected after the coin has been discha; 2" from pocket and until the shaft lo mas made a complete half revolution, at which time the arm 53 will drop into the other notch '7 and permit the return of the rock 38 to normal position by the spring Y'Q, 3? will be brou ht into pos the opposite lot 'mg pin 36 on th again hold the gearing from an 1, while the switch arm 29 v: ll be retracted to break 1 the circuit and stop the Ar rotor. From the foregoing des tion, taken in connection with t 1e accompanying drawings, the construction n" odc of 0. tion of oved coin-control dily understood 1.1

- ic 11111 ition provides a sinip and reliable construction of machine pluralhy of vending devices, an:

1 7 1 wlncn r a oe set into ope the ()ptlO-D oi tl of a proper coin, w motor into action i w: ator. uy the use oi devices da iter b l to motor and iv'hich 1 tion by the motor by neans undr- 1 the operator, the construction on ed, the mach l l i if apparatiss on ornamental 'nierhoi olcens of ot ie t on i if the coin than the rd falling from the to into conductor ll, t1 downward, wl' roband out of th If, on t should be too light, it ll 1. ward end of the conductor 43 but rill not tilt the same down falir, the downward and rearward inclination oi said conductor can ing such coin to roll rearward out of the In order to prevent the coins passing from the primary conductor to the secondary conductor and from eject-ed with too much force and to insure their proper passage from one part to another, the forward ends of the said conductors respectively provided With outwardly and downwardly curved guides or deflectors all? and 43, the operation of which will be obvious.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what is (iaimed as new is 1. A vending apparatus comprising a plurality of vending devices, a motor for operating the same, gearing adapted to be actuated by the motor, transmission mechanism under the control of the operator for individually connecting said gearing for operating any of the respective vending devices, and mechanism for starting the motor and actuating said gearing.

2. A vending apparatus comprising a plurahty of vending devices, a motor, gearing adapted to be operated by the motor, transmission mechanism under the control of the operator for individually connecting the gearing with any of the respective vending devices, locking means for holding the gearing from operation, and mechanism for simultaneously starting the motor and retracting the locking means.

3. A vending apparatus embodying a motor, gearing operated by the motor, a shaft operated by the gearing, a plurality of vending devices, gears for imparting motion thereto, and a transmission gear operated by the shaft and adjustable thereon to engage any of the first named gears.

l. A vending apparatus embodying a motor, gearing operated by the motor, a shaft driven by the gearing, a plurality of vending devices each having an operating gear, controlling mechanism governing the gearing to intermittently actuate the shaft a part revolution on each actuation of the gearing, a transmission gear operated by the shaft and adjustable to independently engage the gears of the vending devices, and means for adjusting said transmission gear.

5. A vending apparatus embodying a motor, gearing operated by the motor, a shaft driven by the gearing, a plurality of vending devices each having an operating ger r, controlling mechanism governing the gearing to intermittently actuate the shaft a part revolutloi on each actuation of the gearing, a mutilated transmission gear operated by the shaft and comprising a pair of gear segments, and means for adjusting said transmission gear to bring one or the other of the segments thereof into engagement with one of the said operating gears.

65. A vending apparatus comprising a pluthe latter to the coin pocket from being E rality of vending devices, a motor,

' operated by the motor, transmission mechangearing ism under the control of the operator for con necting said gearing, with any of said vending devices, means controlling the operation of the gearing for imparting an intermittent motion to the vending device connected with the gearing and means for setting the motor and gearing into operation.

7. A vending apparatus comprising a plurality of intermittently movable vending do vices, a motor, gearing operated by the motor, transmission mechanism under the control of the operator for connecting said gearing with any of said vending devices, locking mechanism for normally holding the gearing and motor from action, means governing the same to throw the motor and gearing into action, and means for holding the locking mechanism retracted until the gearing has completed one actuating move ment.

8. A vending apparatus comprising a plu rality of movable vending devices, a gear train for operating the same, a motor for operating the gear train, a controlling device for thro sing the motor into and out of operation, cooperating means for throwing the gearing into and out of operation, transmission mechanism for connecting the gearing With any of said vending devices, mechanism for simultaneously actuating said controlling device and cooperating means, and means governing the gearing to maintain the aforesaid device and means respectively in and out of action for a prescribed period to secure one complete operation of the gear train.

9. A vending apparatus comprising an intermittently movable vending device, a gear train for operating the same, a motor for actuating the gear train, motor and gear controlling devices for throwing the same into and out of action to secure an intermittent operation of the gear train, mechanism governing said devices for movement to effect the operation of the gearing by the motor, means for freeing said mechanism for retraction after the starting of the motor and gearing into action, and means actuated by said mechanism freeing means to maintain the motor and controlling devices in position for the prescribed movement of the gearing. r

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS R. CHISOLM.

YIitnesses Gr. LLOYD PREACHER, J l/VALTON FLYTHE. 

